When their Editor-in-Chief gets caught using some unexpected profanity, the employees of Webster’s Dictionary find themselves at the center of an internet uprising over gender and obscenity in the age of social media. As office politics collide with ambition, morality, and lexicography, the future of the English language hangs in the balance. A comedy about vulgar words and the people who define them.
Thursdays-Saturdays at 8:00 pm
Sundays at 3:00 pm
Saturday, May 4 at 3:00 pm
$50 for single tickets
25% discount when you build a package with 4+ mainstage shows
$10 off per ticket when you buy 10+ tickets to a single performance
90 minutes with no intermission
Appropriate for audiences 16 and over due to mature language.
April 14, 2024 | 2:30-5:00 pm
Parents can join us for the Sunday, April 14 matinee and register their Pre-K to 5th grade children for onsite child care with Keegan PLAY-RAH-KA Teaching Artists during the show. (Limited capacity and all children must be registered in advance. Show ticket sold separately.)
April 16, 2024 | 7:00 pm
Beatrice Owens (Hands on a Hardbody) returns to the Keegan Theatre stage to take stock of her 20s and prepare for the Big 3-0, through personal stories and a soundtrack of pop/rock and musical theatre favorites.
April 21, 2024 | Following the performance
Free and open to all patrons
May 3, 2024 | Happy Hour @ 7:00 pm, Show @ 8:00 pm
Discounted tickets are $40 and include 1 pre-show drink, exclusive access to our mezzanine, and a seat for the evening’s performance
DC Theater Arts Review
“Playwright Jacqueline Bircher sets out to parse what’s fraught about the B-word in her scathingly funny WEBSTER’S BITCH, a light-hearted sitcom that pulses and surprises with the sexual politics of language.”
Washington Post Review
“What at first looks to be a simple workplace farce morphs into something more curious and observant … “Go,” in the imperative usage, is still my advice regarding WEBSTER’S BITCH…”
Maryland Theatre Guide Review
“Directed by Keegan Artistic Director Susan Marie Rhea, Bircher’s script is sharp and breezy in the mouths of a talented ensemble cast… it’s a high-energy play with some stellar performances, plenty of laughs, and a healthy amount of worthwhile commentary…”
Broadway World Review
“Playwright Jacqueline Bircher has done a seemingly impossible task with her play, WEBSTER’S BITCH. She’s written a compelling, funny, and dramatic show about lexicography and, subsequently, lexicographers.”
Fabiolla da Silva (Gwen) is thrilled to be making her Keegan Theatre debut! Recent local credits include La Salpêtrière with Taffety Punk Theatre Company; The Last Match at 1st Stage Theatre; World Builders and The Revolutionists (Helen Hayes Award for Best Supporting Performer in a Play) with Prologue Theatre; Women Playing Hamlet at Workhouse Arts Center, La Llorona with We Happy Few, Fantastagirl and the Math Monster at Adventure Theatre MTC, Love’s Labor’s Lost at Folger Theatre, and Guerrilla Theatre Works: A New Nation with Convergence Theatre. Fabiolla is a proud Brazilian immigrant and she holds a BA in Theatre Performance from James Madison University.
Irene Hamilton (Ellie) Previous shows include: Imagination Stage: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show/La Oruga Muy Hambrienta Espectáculo, Adventure Theatre: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Rorschach Theatre: Angel Number Nine, Spooky Action Theatre: Agreste, Arts on the Horizon: Birds of a Feather, the Kennedy Center Concert Reading Series: Voir Dire, Synetic Theatre: Treasure Island, Snow Queen, Cinderella, Servant of Two Masters, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Host & Guest, Dracula, Beauty & the Beast and more, including self-produced works for the Body of Mind Laboratory.
Andrés F. Roa (Nick) Previous shows include: Keegan Theatre: SWEAT (Oscar); Arena Stage: Holiday (u/s Seton Cram, Nick Potter, Henry, Charles); Imagination Stage: A Very Hungry Caterpillar (Puppeteer); Houston Shakespeare Festival: As You Like It (Touchstone); Julius Caesar (Popilius/Lepidus); Hope Summer Rep: Much Ado (Balthazar, Verges); Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey: Coriolanus (Ensemble). Andrés is a Colombian-American writer, director and actor based in Rockville, and can often be found on sets and in the edit bay — or teaching Acting Basics at Montgomery College. Andrés trained at the University of Houston’s PATP (MFA, 19’).
Sheri S. Herren (Joyce) Favorite acting roles at The Keegan Theatre: Lifespan of a Fact (Emily); Good People (Jean); West by God (Agnes); When We Were Young and Unafraid (Agnes); The Best Man (Alice Russell), All My Sons (Kate Keller), Steel Magnolias (M’Lynn), A Shadow of Honor (Caroline), Gdirl from Gdansk (Brid), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Nurse Ratched, U.S. and Ireland), The Hostage (Meg), Agnes of God (Dr. Livingstone), Portrait of a Madonna (Lucretia), Suddenly Last Summer (Violet), Romeo and Juliet (Lady Capulet), Dancing at Lughnasa (Agnes), A Streetcar Named Desire (Eunice) (U.S. and Ireland), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Helena), Hamlet (Horatio). Sheri is a founding member of The Keegan Theatre.
Timothy Hayes Lynch (Frank) Previous shows include: Keegan Theatre: Shakespeare in Love (Wabash/Boatman), Yoga Play (John Dale), Parade (Gov. Slaton), Six Degrees of Separation (Dr. Fine), An American Daughter (Alan), Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight (Donald Abramson), The Sunshine Boys (Al Lewis), Twelve Angry Men (Foreman), An Irish Carol (Frank), A Man of No Importance (Baldy), A Man For All Seasons (Sir Thomas More), and many more; Signature Theater: Dangerous Liaisons (Major Domo), The Happy Time (U/S), Ace (U/S); American Century Theater: Moby Dick: Rehearsed (Ishmael/Starbuck). Mr. Lynch can also be heard on the GraphicAudio catalogue and Audible books.
Alicia Grace (Gwen understudy) is a DMV Actor and University of Maryland Alumna. Alicia enjoys all forms of art and hopes to one day inspire others through her artwork. Alicia has performed in university productions such as The Call, The Importance of Being Earnest, Love and Information, and Eurydice. Additionally, she has performed in film projects and various workshops across DC. Over the years, she has proudly worked as a Teaching Artist for Shakespeare Theatre Company. Professional Credits: Because (Kennedy Center), A Wind in the Door (Kennedy Center), She A Gem (Kennedy Center), The Watsons Go To Birmingham: 1963 (Kennedy Center).
Carianmax Benitez (Ellie understudy) Previous credits include Keegan Theatre: Yoga Play (Romola), Amazing Adventures of Dr. Wonderful & her Dog (Mom), Seussical (Bird Girl 2/ Sour Kangaroo U/S), Merrily We Roll Along (Swing).
Gary DuBreuil (Nick & Frank understudy) is happy to be returning to the Keegan stage! Previous Keegan credits include PUSH THE BUTTON (Judge) and HANDS ON A HARDBODY (Don Curtis). Select additional DC area credits: Chesapeake Shakespeare: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Nick Bottom); Constellation Theatre: THE SCHOOL FOR LIES (Frank u/s); 1st Stage: THE FARNSWORTH INVENTION (Cliff/Ensemble, Helen Hayes nominations - Outstanding Play, Ensemble); Bowie Center for the Performing Arts: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Ebenezer Scrooge); NextStop Theatre: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Borachio/Friar Francis); Nu Sass Productions: THE UGLY ONE (Lette); Prince George's Shakespeare in the Parks: AS YOU LIKE IT (Touchstone), MACBETH (Ross); Brave Spirits Theatre: Shakespeare's RICHARD THE SECOND (Richard II), and many others; Scena Theatre: WAR OF THE WORLDS (Ensemble, DC/Prague), and many others. Gary is also currently performing in THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (Mr. van Daan) at Toby's Dinner Theatre as part of their youth theatre program. He is a proud graduate of Saint Michael's College in Vermont and the British American Drama Academy in London. www.garydubreuil.com
Cate Brewer (Joyce understudy) Theatre: Folger Theatre: Sense and Sensibility, U/S Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead; Keegan Theatre: All My Sons; Capital Fringe Festival/Guillotine Theatre: Hootenanny, Cold As Death: The Lady & the Tyrant, Isis and Vesco Investigate the Curious Death of Dr. Freud; KatPa Productions/Mead Theatre Lab: MAE. Young Jean Lee’s Theater Company/PS 122: Church; Desert Apple Theatre/The Connelly Theater: Push-Up 1-3. Horizons Theatre: Count Basil, In Good Company: Sexual Icons. Film: The Good Listener.
Susan Marie Rhea (Director) is the Artistic Director of The Keegan Theatre, where she has directed Lifespan of a Fact, Yoga Pay, Boy, The Baltimore Waltz, Parade (co-director: Christina A. Coakley, 7 Helen Hayes noms, including Direction and Musical), What We’re Up Against, All My Sons, The Crucible, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Elizabeth Rex, A Man for All Seasons, Agnes of God, and True West. Working alongside Keegan’s Founding Artistic Director Mark A. Rhea, Susan co-directed the musicals Chicago (8 Helen Hayes noms, including Direction and Musical), American Idiot, Hair, Full Monty (3 Helen Hayes noms), Spring Awakening (5 Helen Hayes noms, including Direction and Resident Musical), National Pastime, and RENT (5 Helen Hayes Awards, including Direction and Resident Musical). Susan has also acted in dozens of Keegan productions and received a Helen Hayes Award in 2023 for her performance in THE OUTSIDER. Susan received her post-graduate theater training at Circle in the Square, NY/NY.
Charlotte La Nasa (Assistant Director/Dramaturg) is a director, producer and dramaturg based in DC, and is delighted to be working at the Keegan for the first time! Charlotte has directed plays, readings and musicals on DC area stages at Imagination Stage, NextStop Theater Company, Spooky Action Theater Directors Incubator, The Garden Script Development, Anacostia Playhouse, Rorschach Theater Company’s Kleksography, Mosaic Theater Company’s #Enough Festival and Shepherd University. Charlotte has served as a dramaturg at Solas Nua, Contemporary American Theater Festival, Prologue Theatre Company, 4615 Theater Company's DMV Q-Fest and The Garden Script Development. You can catch her next directing project, The Perfect Immigrant by Sam Yakura, at Capital Fringe this summer.
Matthew J. Keenan (Co-Scenic Designer) was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland and is a graduate from the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin. Matthew began working with Keegan as an actor and in 2015 became the company’s resident scenic designer. He’s also a company member with the Classical Theatre Company in Houston TX. As well as being a Helen Hayes-nominated scenic designer and actor, Matthew is also the playwright of Keegan’s holiday tradition, An Irish Carol. Previous scenic designs include: N, The Lonesome West, Top Girls, Chicago, American Idiot, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Lincolnesque, The Undeniable Sound of Right Now, and Hair.
Cindy Landrum Jacobs (Co-Scenic Designer & Properties/Set Dressing Designer) loves working at Keegan! Other Keegan Credits: Merrily We Roll Along, SWEAT, Seussical, Push The Button, The Wilting Point, Lifespan Of A Fact, Elegies, The Outsider, Shakespeare In Love, Yoga Play, TransAM, N, Airness, Legally Blonde, God Of Carnage, As You Like It, The Undeniable Sound Of Right Now, Chicago, An Irish Carol (2017-2023). Other Properties Designer credits: The Last Match, How The Light Gets In, Columbinus, The Farnsworth Invention, Trevor, The Pitmen Painters, and Never The Sinner (1st Stage); The Explorers Club (Prologue).
Dean Leong (Lighting Designer) is a freelance Lighting Designer from the Washington DC area. Design credits include: The Wolves with CUA Drama Dept. BURST, and Ghost Light with Parlor Room Theater Co. The Infinite Tales, Museum 2040, and Tempered: A Cabaret with 4615 Theatre Co. Chemical Exile: Synthesis, Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really, and Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea with Rorschach Theater Co. Fitting In with Arts on the Horizon. My Mama and the Full Scale Invasion with Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co. (Associate). Romeo & Juliet with Synetic Theater Co. (Assistant). He would like to thank his wife and daughter for their love and support.
Brandon Cook (Sound Designer) is a local Washington DC Sound Designer and thankful for the amazing opportunity to work with the wonderful and talented Cast and Crew of Webster's Bitch. (Recent credits include "Nunsense A-Men" Nextstop, “Tell Tale Heart” Synetic Theatre, "Look Both Ways" Kennedy Center, "You're A Good Man Charlie Brown" Adventure Theatre, "Seussical The Musical” Keegan Theatre, “This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing.” Theater Alliance, “Lifespan Of A Fact ” Keegan Theatre, "La Revoltosa" Gala Theatre, 'Tis Pity She's A Whore, The Winter's Tale, Hedda Gabler” Shakespeare Theatre Company ACA Rep).
Shadia Hafiz - she/her (Costume Designer) is proud to be back in the saddle at Keegan. Costume credits at Keegan include: The Team Room, Lifespan of a Fact, Elegies: A Song Cycle, Yoga Play (Asst Dir), Good People, A Few Good Men (Asst in IRL tour), Cabaret, Spring Awakening, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, RENT, Of Mice and Men, False Romance, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Hostage, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Playboy of the Western World. Keegan Acting credits include When We Were Young and Unafraid (Hannah - understudy), August: Osage County (Johnna), The Crucible (Tituba - Ireland/US), and The Hostage (Bobo <3). Shadia has recently dabbled in playwriting. Her first show Strangers with Benefits has been performed in the 2022 Boiler Room Series, the 2022 Capital Fringe Festival, and SigWorks Reading Series at Signature Theatre. Shadia is an avid yogini, a passionate artist and a self proclaimed, "loveable buffoon". She thanks and sends love to Keegan for all the memories and opportunities, Jameson Irish Whiskey for the loss of memories, her beautiful family, amazing friends, supportive co-parent - Jesse, and their heavenly flower, Lailani Kathleen.
Mary Doebel (Stage Manager) is a professional stage manager and aspiring director. She is a proud graduate of The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts with a diploma and advanced certificate in acting. Mary has stage managed and assistant stage managed shows at Keegan Theatre, including: An Irish Carol, Yoga Play, and The Outsider. Mary has also been an understudy for: An Irish Carol (Anna), and The Outsider (Louise, Rachel). She has also worked with Solas Nua on shows including: The Playboy of the Western World and The Humours of Bandon.
